French, french - Introduction to French language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other support for the
French language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
French by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:
ISO 8859-1 (ISO Latin-1)
ISO8859-1 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-1(5) for more information. ISO 8859-15
(ISO Latin-9)
ISO8859-15 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-15(5) for more information. UTF-16,
UCS-4, and UTF-8
UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of
locales and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
more information. PC code-page formats
cp437, cp850, cp863, and cp1252 are the strings
that represent these encoding formats in the names
of locales and codeset converters. See code_page(5)
for more information.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory
information on codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for information
on codeset converters and how to use them.
French Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following French locales
for different countries: fr_BE.ISO8859-1,
fr_BE.ISO8859-15, and fr_BE.UTF-8 for Belgium
fr_CA.ISO8859-1, fr_CA.ISO8859-15, and fr_CA.UTF-8 for
Canada fr_CH.ISO8859-1, fr_CH.ISO8859-15, and fr_CH.UTF-8
for Switzerland fr_FR.ISO8859-1, fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and
fr_FR.UTF-8 for France
Of these locales, only the and locales support the euro
currency sign. In particular, the fr_BE.ISO8859-15,
fr_BE.UTF-8, fr_FR.ISO8859-15, and fr_FR.UTF-8 locales use
the euro symbol for currency. However, because the locale
repertoire does not contain the euro symbol,
fr_BE.ISO8859-1 and fr_FR.ISO8859-1 continue to use the
franc currency symbol.
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out
if these locales are installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5) for information on setting locale from the
operating system command line.
In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a
locale by setting the session language. To do this, from
the Options menu of the Login window, choose Language.
Then, from the Language options menu, choose a session
language.
Keyboards [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following VT style and
PC style keyboards with French characters printed on the
keys:
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VT Style (105/108 keys) PC Style (102 keys)
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LK411-AP LK471-AP
LK450-AP LK47W-AP
LK451-AP LK97W-AP
LK461-AP PCXAL-AP
LK46W-AP PCXAL-FP
PCXAL-GP
PCXAL-KP
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For your keyboard to function correctly with your system,
you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is
appropriate for your keyboard's model and language. If you
load a keymap that does not correspond to your keyboard's
model and language, your keyboard behavior is unpredictable.
The label located on the bottom surface of a
keyboard usually specifies its model (five letter code)
and language (two letter code). See keyboard(5) for general
information on keymaps and instructions for loading
them in different formats. The following tables supply
French-specific information that you need when loading
keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-AP lk411 LK471-AP lk471ap or lk471
LK450-AP lk450 LK47W-AP lk471ap or lk471
LK451-AP lk450 LK97W-AP lk97wap or lk97w
LK461-AP lk461 PCXAL-AP pcxalap
LK46W-AP lk461 PCXAL-FP pcxalfp
PCXAL-GP pcxalgp
PCXAL-KP pcxalkp
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT Style For PC Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-AP french lk411ap LK471-AP french pcxalgp
LK450-AP french lk411ap LK47W-AP french pcxalgp
LK451-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-AP french pcxalgp
LK461-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-FP french pcxalgp
LK46W-AP french lk411ap PCXAL-GP french pcxalgp
PCXAL-KP french pcxalgp
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Keyboards can have keys with characters printed on both
the left and right half of the keycap. The way you set or
use your keyboard to send different sets of characters
varies from one keyboard model to another. Furthermore,
your keyboard allows you to enter more characters than
those printed on the keycaps. See keyboard(5) for information
on how to enter characters.
Printers [Toc] [Back]
PostScript fonts for languages supported by the ISO 8859-1
codeset are printer resident.
Commands:locale(1), lp(1)
Others: code_page(5), euro(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5), iconv_intro(5), iso8859-1(5), iso8859-15(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5), Unicode(5)
Writing Software for the International Market
French(5)
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